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Emil Orlik: Der Schriftsteller Hermann Bahr - The Writer Hermann Bahr

Der Schriftsteller Hermann Bahr  -  The Writer Hermann Bahr
etching with aquatint & roulette printed in brownish black ink, 1904
Catalogue Reference: Schütte 145
Plate/Image Size: 29.9 x 19.7 cm - (11¾ x 7¾ inches)
Sheet Size: 41.7 x 26.5 cm - (16½ x 10½ inches)
signed in pencil

one of Orlik's most characterful and important portrait etchings
a perfectly inked impression in excellent condition;
on laid paper watermarked 'SBS' with full margins
in perfect condition


Hermann Bahr (1863 - 1934 - Austrian) was a writer and art and theatre critic. He was the spokesman for the Vienna Secession movement and had a tremendous influence in the Viennese art world